Questions tagged [google-maps]
Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google free (for non-commercial use),
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How to map pitch and heading values from a Google StreetViewPov to (x,y) coordinates on full panoramic images
We are trying to map pitch and heading values from a Google StreetViewPov to (x, y) coordinates on full panoramic images but none of the conversion methods we have tried work perfectly.
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Seeking website to share map via link including KML\KMZ overlays (which include images)
I wanted to overlay historic maps onto current maps\satellite imagery to share with others.
I overlaid them in the desktop version of Google Earth, and exported the layers as KMZ, but Google's MyMaps ...
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How To Change Google earth engine Base Map Language
Google Earth Engine docs have an Article on how to Change the base map attributes
Yet not a word about changing the language of this base map.
Is there a way with the Maps API ?
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How to programmatically identify landmarks (cemeteries) in Google Maps satellite data?
I'm searching Google Maps satellite view for cemeteries that are not listed in common repositories of cemeteries. I've spent a lot of time cruising around satellite mode searching for small ...
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Citing/attributing Google basemap in QGIS for research paper [closed]
I have searched Google for how to cite a Google base map in QGIS for a research paper and I cannot find the correct website for their rules for attribution.
Can somebody quickly link me to their ...
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Building a Google Maps Directions URL with waypoints (that aren't stops)
I want to go from a place to another using a Google Maps Directions URL in the Google Maps Mobile App. This is from Lisboa to Porto, in Portugal :)
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/38.759741,-9.153736/...
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Putting locator from GPS coordinates in 3D projected map
I'm new to maps and not so good in math and geometrics.
I have a 2d google map.
I have to put a 2d projection of this map (not exactly this one but a handpainted one, so I will not violate any ...
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React Google map . Fix the marker in the center
I want the functionality as Uber/ola app where the marker is fixed in the center evenwhen we drag the map the marker should be fixed in the center. And finally when the drag end we need to get the ...
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Requesting Styled Google Maps XYZ tiles with QGIS seems to ignore colors
At the time of posting this question unauthenticated requests for Google Maps tiles work.
E.g. the following URL scheme would correctly load the tile shown below
https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=r&...
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Transfer markers from MyMaps to QGIS?
I need to georeference a list of places. Unfortunately, my original file doesn’t contain addresses, it is made up of a list of famous locations, such as the St Mark Basilica, Miramare Castle, ...
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Google Satellite Imagery Offset in QGIS
I am using Google Satellite imagery as a base map to capture the vector data in QGIS 3.2.2 for past couple of months. Yesterday i noticed that the google imagery has offset issue in some locations ...
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Rendering Google Terrain in QGIS Layout Manager
I am using the Google Terrain map (via XYZ Tiles).
This seems to make the system very slow, and when making a .jpeg through the Layout Manager, the Google Terrain will not display (render) when ...
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How zooming Google Maps works regarding the new projection?
Please help understanding how tiles now work on Google Maps.
As I understand (these are all assumptions, please feel free to correct) the following happens:
Google Maps now work with orthographic ...
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Why does node Circle to Polygon module returns oval/ellipse instead of a shape like circle?
I'm using npm package circle-to-polygon and I wrote following code to return a polygon which is approximately like a circle.
const circleToPolygon = require('circle-to-polygon');
let coordinates = [...
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Google Earth: Shortest distance between point (Place) and nearest point on a polygon (Country)
Using Google Earth, I am trying to find the simplest way to calculate the shortest distances of the geodesic lines between a specific set of points (lat/long locations) and the nearest points on a ...
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Can you search by the parcel number shown in the "What's Here" pop-up on Google Maps?
When you right click on a location in Google Maps and select "What's Here", it usually provides an address and the coordinates. However when I click inside a lot (e.g. on a farm) I often get a parcel ...
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Geocoding error MMQGIS plug-in on QGIS 3
Using the mmqgis plug-in for QGIS 3, I tried to geocode some addresses, but get the following error: "Failure connecting to maps.googleapis.com:
I am doing the following: MMQGIS tab -> Geocode CSV ...
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Zoom Controls in google maps URL
I am building Google Map URL that will point few locations in the map
I want to add Zoom control to the map so users can zoom in and out
all the examples i saw were for java script and coding maps
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Google Maps Javascript API, MarkerWithLabel z-index
First time poster, long time listener.
I am developing a Google Maps application and am using MarkerWithLabel to display the number of parking spots available in various parking lots around our town.
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How to pull locations/data from an embedded Google map on another website?
Is there a way to download the point locations from an embedded Google map? I want to compare the locations of these businesses to a rail network.
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Weird lines on google maps [closed]
While I was travelling with my GPS "ON" and tracking my route I found this strange lines in pink and green dotted lines when I zoomed out the map I found that the lines where coinciding with the ...
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Is it possible to color the cluster base on marker color?
So far, I've been able to generate the marker color base on query from my MySQL DB.
What I would like to attempt now is to cluster those markers with the dominant marker color.
For example, if I ...
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Google Maps API extract elevation value along route
I am using the Directions and Elevation Service of Google Maps, in order to extract the coordinates and the elevation along a route between a start and end point. I could set my directions service ...
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SQL geography::EnvelopeAggregate output not accurate
I am trying to get the geography::EnvelopeAggregate for a set of locations. The geography column values are calculated using the Lat/Long for individual points. When I try to fetch the boundary box(...
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Changing default Google Maps max viewport?
I want to show a portion of the world of on my Google map, where the user can zoom in, but if he zooms out, he shouldn't be able to go further out than my default viewport (i.e, if I define Africa, ...
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Saving vector layer into KML across 180 longitude line
I am trying to save a vector layer into KML, however in this case some of the shape cross the 180 longitude line and the shape just breaks and become long lines.. (they are supposed to be circles)
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Marker cluster issue in salesforce
When i am trying to display the Marker Cluster on Google Maps with the below code it is trhrowing some errors. Please find below code and errors.
<apex:page standardController="Account">
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Google Maps (street, physical, satellite) layers stay fixed on zoom/pan in QGIS
I'm using QGIS 1.8 and Openlayers plugin 1.1.0 to work with Google Maps as basemap (I need to use this old versions for both QGIS and plugin). All was working OK, but from some days Google Maps (...
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Getting directions north/south/east/west with Google Maps API? [closed]
for example I have 5 markers and I want to get the direction (E,W,NE etc) for each one of them according to the main one(red in the center). Here is a pic.
Is there a way to do this with google.maps....
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How to dynamically load Google Maps markers around center coordinates?
I have to implement Google Maps in website that would display a lot of markers globally. A good comparison would be geocaching.com (with exception that I wouldn't have that many markers).
Let's say ...
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KMZ file displays correctly in Google Earth but not inside Google Maps
I have a KMZ file that contains many placemarks inside.
When opened in Google earth the file displays the placemarks correctly. I can click on them and see the data for each placemark. See screen ...
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Overlaying thousands of points of a route from shapefile and dbf on google maps
I have to overlay thousands of points(data taken every second) of a route from shapefile and related data for each points in dbf. I have to show point related data in a popup on click of a point. I ...
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SpatialPolygonsDataFrame chloroplethr not writing to KML for GoogleMaps using R
I'm trying to do a simple chloropleth map for postal codes. I have the orginal kml exported here.
When importing into R, i'm doing:
library(rgdal)
library(rworldmap)
library(plotKML)
library(...
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TMS tileOrigin on Google Maps ImageMapType
I'm trying to show a tiled image layer on Google Maps, which is currently showing on an OpenLayers / ESRI engine.
OpenLayers has a parameter on a TMS layer to specify tileOrigin (0,0 is different)
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How to load a WMS layer in Google Maps API?
I wanted to expand my knowledge on the google maps API and get a hang of pulling in WMS layers. I have set up a simple map window and want to pull in a layer that contains electorate boundaries so ...
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Google.maps.ImageMapType getTileUrl maximum length
I am using google.maps.ImageMapType to render a GeoServer WMS to Google Map. When a request is made, it uses GET.
I am concern the WMS getMap length might exceed 4k in length due to a requirement to ...
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Accessing Layers Through an API?
So, I have reason to believe that this information is not available. Nonetheless, it involves using Android, and preferably the Google Maps API (though other maps may have APIs which supply this data, ...
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PostGIS Svg Projection on Google Map
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I have a database with spatial data such as areas and points. Some of the areas in my db are coming from OpenStreetMaps, representing some regions. (Which are kinda small at earth's scale, ...
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Convert GPX/KMZ to google maps directions
Is there a way to convert a set of waypoints in a GPX/KMZ file to driving directions suitable for Google Maps.
There are numerous sites listing community generated routes which I am unable to load ...
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Geocode area/neigborhood into polygon vertices
I have been successfully using the Google Maps API using the R package ggmap to find location coordinates for e.g. addresses or city names.
However, Google Maps now shows areas as well, indicating ...
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QGIS GeoSearch Plugin Issue
We are trying to use the QGIS GeoSearch plugin and intermittently receive issues with it. We know what the cause is and we wondered whether anyone else experienced this issue and had a solution?
We ...
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Changing Polygon shape on Zoom in and Zoom out in google maps using javascript
In my application iam using google maps v3, on page load with default zoom level of 15 i load few polygons by passing points(latlng coordinates) from database on the google map now my question is when ...
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Google Maps Licensing
Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this, I've tried looking around for support forums and have found none.
I had a question regarding the ToS of Google Maps/Earth, it can be found here: https:...
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Display google map with boundary lines for each address
I am working on Google MAP API integration and I have tried to display the map with boundary lines for each address, such as Zillow.com.
Eg: http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/priced_sort/25.945776,...
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How to get indoor directions by using Google API
I have a problem using Google Direction API to get the route between two points(One point is outside the building and the other is inside the building).
When I use API to get the directions, only the ...
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Google maps not displaying until zoom in/out using openlayes2
I am using openlayers 2 for map displaying using following code,
map = new OpenLayers.Map("mapDiv");
map.addLayer(new OpenLayers.Layer.Google("Google Streets",{numZoomLevels: 20}));
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Postgis ST_Distance query returning inaccurate results [closed]
I am using the following query to retrieve records from a postgresql DB
@services = Service.select("*, ST_Distance(services.lon_lat, ST_GeomFromText('POINT (lat lon)', 4326)) as st_distance").order("...
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Stretching of geometry when rasterizing vector data on Google Maps
I'll start with a quick backstory on what I am trying to achieve. I'm working on an offline Android GIS tool and people are throwing giant datasets at it. It converts these into Google features (V2) ...
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Converting UTM32-EUREF89 shapefiles to align with Google maps
Im from Denmark, where the maps we can get from official hand is in UTM32-EUREF89 shapefile format. When these are applied on top of either google/oracle/bing they seem to be like 20-25 km of towards ...
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How to get bounds coords by center LatLng point, width and height in pixels and zoom?
I have to calculate bounds coordinates to query mongodb box on server side to get data before google maps is loaded.
How can I get four LatLng corners by center LatLng point, window width and height ...
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